The students toured the SIM Lab, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Center. They were joined by Malak Mahjoubi from St. Petersburg High and Maya Berrios from Northeast High, who just returned from a two-week visit to Takamatsu as the student ambassadors from St. Petersburg.

Malak knows the hospital well since she serves as a teen volunteer and helps patients and families at the Information Desk in the main lobby.

"We wanted the students to tour All Children's because it's one of the most renowned hospitals we have here," said Kim Tyre, marketing outreach representative with the City of St. Petersburg. "The visit was also important because Malak is a volunteer here. She wanted to share her experiences with the students from Takamatsu."

"This is a fabulous program," said Beverly Mitlin, a longtime All Children's volunteer and member of the city's International Relations Committee that's responsible for helping select the St. Petersburg students who travel to Takamatsu each year. "All the students learn a lot from each other."

Human Resources is a program under All Children's Hospital. All Children's Hospital
is the only specialty licensed children's hospital on Florida's west coast. Founded in
1926, All Children's has grown into a leading pediatric referral center that is
dedicated to advancing treatment, education, research and advocacy in child health.